In Brooklyn, New York, strange things happen. Shady characters hang around in the streets and more often than not one hears from girls who have disappeared without trace. But the attractive dinosaur researcher Daisy has other problems: their archaeological finds of evolved reptiles is over flooded with dirty water for days. A case for the best plumbers from Brooklyn - the Mario Bros..

But when the two unequal brothers Mario and Luigi want to repair the damage, they're in for a nasty surprise. Two completely wacky types grab Daisy, and drag her into the depths of the tunnel. Luigi has a major crush on her, and doesn't wait for a second, takeing off in pursuit. Mario doesn't wants his little brother to leave alone, so they both end up in Dinohattan, an aggressive, living union metropolis whose residents turn out to be crude predators.

The tyrannical Fuhrer, Koopa, hijacks Daisy to come into possession of her precious gemstone, whose magical power permits him to merge his reptilian world with ours once and for all. The time had come because Dinohattan has analarming water shortage. Koopa should not succeed the coup, that would be the end for Dino-land. Now he must snatch at Mario and Luigi, Koopa the Miracle Worker. But that's not all: The fearless brothers heroically enter the fortress of Koopa and rescue Daisy - including all the kidnapped Brooklyn girls.
A hairy undertaking. Because beside himself with rage, Koopa rushes in with his gigantic zombie bodyguards, the Goombas, behind him in order to get hold of her power, and to deliver the terrible punishment of all - the "De-Evolution" ...

Promotional Merchandise

Promotion Guide

This exremely rare Promotion Guide was given out to theaters in preparation for the film's release. There's a ton of great info in there

about how Disney wished for the film to be marketed and what kinds of promo items were available at the time.

When a beautiful university paleontologist named Daisy (Samantha Mathis) calls for help at a flooded excavation site, two of Brooklyn's hardest-working plumbers: Mario (Bob Hoskins) and Luigi (John Leguizamo) answer the call, only to be pulled through a mysterious portal into an incredible reptile dimension known as Dinohattan. Created eons ago when a giant meteorite crashed to Earth and ripped the dinosaurs' domain from our own, this fantastic parallel plane of action has thus far remained hidden. Now, their water supply is rapidly running out and the reptile inhabitants are doomed to extinction unless their diabolical leader, Koopa (Dennis Hopper), can get hold of a mysterious meteorite pendant that Daisy wears around her neck, and use its unique properties to merge his world with ours. Inspired by the phenomenal worldwide popularity of the Super Mario Bros. video games based on characters created by Nintendo, our unlikely superheroes, Mario and Luigi, must battle eight-foot-tall Goombas, deadly fireballs, a crazed lizard king and the ultimate penalty of de-evolution, in order to save a princess, a pendant, and life as we know it on this planet. Hollywood Pictures presents the exciting new live-action comedy adventure "Super Mario Bros." A Lightmotive/Allied Filmmakers presentation in association with Cinergi Productions.

The running time of Hollywood Pictures' SUPER MARIO BROS. is 104 minutes. The film is rated PG.